2011 (105)
  • Dec 22 2011
  • 12:36pm
Coming attractions: emptying Guantánamo
In our 4th 2011 roundup, Niluccio looks at the "war on terror" and Gua...
  • Dec 19 2011
  • 4:34pm
Arab Spring status update: ongoing
Amnesty's Niluccio reflects on the big human rights moments of 2011, starting wi...
  • Dec 16 2011
  • 11:57am
What were the big human rights stories of 2011?
It's that time of year again. Yep – the season of end-of-year round-up...
  • Dec 15 2011
  • 3:12pm
Shooting up: Iran’s mass executions for drugs offences
I hope (naturally) that I never to go to prison (at least not involuntarily), bu...
  • Dec 12 2011
  • 5:12pm
‘How’s the tea, King Hamad? Care for a BICI?’
Who’d be the Prime Minister, eh? You’ve got Eurosceptics baying for...
  • Dec 8 2011
  • 4:19pm
Never mind the Slavic Spring label. This is Russia’s own protest
“Hundreds arrested as rattled Putin tries to crush ‘Slavic Spring&rs...
  • Dec 6 2011
  • 2:58pm
Bonn II: any reason to be cheerful?
Today’s conference on the future of Afghanistan being held in Bonn, German...
  • Dec 1 2011
  • 4:57pm
Saudi Arabia: just the country for Jeremy Clarkson?
Unison’s Assistant Secretary General Karen Jennings has responded to Jerem...
  • Nov 30 2011
  • 1:32pm
Bring me your huddled masses (except your children)
Here’s a pub quiz question for you. There are two countries in the world t...
  • Nov 24 2011
  • 6:45pm
Memo from Afghan government to the Taleban: 'We need to talk about women's rights'
OK, apologies first off, for yet another poor attempt to pun on the title of a p...

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